Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.
Contents
A new year and a fresh start -- Politics and the social milieu -- James Buchanan : President-elect -- The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott -- The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism -- Popular sovereignty, Kansas style -- Dog days -- Flush times and an autumn panic -- Northern politics : the parties in equipoise -- Politics as farce : the Lecompton Constitution -- Politics as tragedy : Buchanan's decision -- 1858 : the fruits of Lecompton.
Summary
It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc.
111 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
"This work is a revised and much expanded version of At the instance of Benjamin Franklin, by Edwin Wolf 2nd published ... in 1976 ... the new edition also contains passages from The Wolf years ... by Marie E. Korey published in 1984. The sections on the more recent history ... were written by John C. Van Horne and James Green ..."--Page [112].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-419) and index.
Contents
The School Management Treatise. Dock's Teaching Career. Dock's Penmanship and Artistry. Translations of his writings : " A Simple and Thoroughly Prepared School Management " and "Spiritual Magazine"
Summary
Author, Gerald Studer, is a Mennonite minister. Christopher Dock (1698-1771) emigrated to the American colonies sometime before 1714. He was a school teacher and a farmer in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was also a religious man. It is assumed that he was Mennonite, but this is not confirmed. He introduced methods of teaching children which were less stringent than typical education at that time , placing importance on the use of persuasion, discussion, and positive peer pressure. He wrote about how students should be taught as well as rules of behavior for children.
Reprint (1st work). Originally published: Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Greencastle, Pa. : Riley & Hoffman, 1858.
Reprint (2nd work). Originally published: Atlas of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : Pomeroy & Beers, 1868.
"The reproduction ... made possible through the sponsorship of the Franklin County Historical Society ... Chambersburg, PA."--Verso t.p.
Includes indexes, business directory and photographs.
Contents
Map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania / from actual survey by D.H. Davison -- Atlas of Franklin County, Pennsylvania / from actual surveys under the direction of D.G. Beers.
